Individual Flower Pages

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Courgette'Zucchini' from Seed The classic slim Italian-style courgette — long, cylindrical, dark green fruits with smooth glossy skin, at their very best harvested...

How to Grow Courgette 'All Green Bush' from Seed | Bishy Barnabee's Cottage Garden Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Courgette'All Green Bush' from Seed A reliable, compact, and...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Dahlia'Cactus Mixed' from Seed The antidote to standard daisy shapes — each petal rolled backwards into a tight quill, creating a starburst firework...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Dahlia'Bishop's Children' from Seed The seed progeny of the legendary 'Bishop of Llandaff' — inheriting the celebrated near-black bronze foliage against which scarlet,...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Cynoglossum officinale(Houndstongue) from Seed The native wildflower biennial for dry, difficult soils and wild gardens — a two-year plant producing velvety grey-green rosettes...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Cynoglossum'Mystery Rose' from Seed The sophisticated grown-up cousin of the classic blue Forget-me-not — tall, branching sprays of dusty smoky pink flowers that...

How to Grow Cynoglossum hungaricum (Hungarian Hound's Tongue) from Seed | Bishy Barnabee's Cottage Garden Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Cynoglossum hungaricum(Hungarian Hound's Tongue) from Seed The rare...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Cuminfrom Seed in the UK The spice grower's challenge — one of the world's most used culinary spices, grown from seed to harvest...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Sweet William'Indian Carpet Mixed' from Seed The fragrant dwarf Sweet William — only 15cm tall but carrying the full clove-spice scent and...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Rose Campion(Lychnis coronaria) from Seed Electric magenta against silver felt — the most vivid colour-plus-foliage contrast in the cottage garden; a very...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Hollyhock 'Nigra'(The Black Watchman) from Seed Gothic drama in the summer border — maroon so deep it looks like glossy black chocolate...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Hesperis 'Mixed'(Sweet Rocket) from Seed The night garden's secret — a hardy perennial grown as biennial producing tall branching stems of pure...